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title: "3 Slum People Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Why slum it where people were burdened by yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that? By history? Here, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/why-slum-it-where-people-were-burdened-by-yesterday-and-the-day/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

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> [“football was a ‘slum sport played in slum stadiums watched by slum people’.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/football-was-a-slum-sport-played-in-slum-stadiums-watched-by-slum/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/anonymous-1_football_football-was-a-slum-sport-played-in-slum_786633.jpg)

> [“If soccer really is a ‘a slum sport played in slum stadiums increasingly watched by slum people’ as declared by the Sunday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-dunne/if-soccer-really-is-a-a-slum-sport-played-in-slum-stadiums/)

[Robbie Dunne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-dunne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1aa/robbie-dunne-84142_sports_if-soccer-really-is-a-a-slum-sport-playe_2058511.jpg)

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